Milk-jar protector.



No. 7|2,446. Patentd 00f. 28, I902.

F.. s. TWOMBLY.

MILK .JAR PROTECTOR.

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No. 712,446. Patenthd not. 23, 1902. F. S. TWOMBLY. I

MILK JAR PROTECTOR.

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FRANK S. TWOMBLY, OF MANCHESTER, NEW-HAMPSHIRE.-

MILK-JAR PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,446, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed June 2,1902. sash No. 109,877. at. model) To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. TWOMBLY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Manchester, in the county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inMilk-Jar Protectors. of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to milk-jar protec-' tors or looking devices for. preventing jars or their contents from being stolenor tampered with when left outsideat doors of houses.

It is customary for milkmen to deliver milk to retail customers at the doors of houses and apartments in glass jars in the morning before the customers ,are awake, and. it frequently happens that the jars or their contents, or both, are stolen before they can be taken in by the en st0mer,or are otherwise tampered with. i

The device herein describedand claimed securely clamps the jar and covers the top of the same at the outside ofthe house or apartment in such a. manner as to prevent the removal of the jar .orits contents until the door is opened, because to remove thejar from the clamp. it is necessary to release or unlock the clamp from the inside of the house or apartment'with one hand while the jar is held by the other hand.

The device is therefore secured upon the inside and outsideflof the house or apartment and extends through the lock-jamb of the door, by lock-jamb meaning the jamb contiguous to the lock-stileof the closed door, or through the wall adjacent to said jamb.

In the accompanying drawings, on two sheets, Figure 1 is an oblique viewof the external portion of the device secured 'to 'a building or house and retaining a jar; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the external portion of the protector secured to the side of a building and holding a jar; Fig. 3, a side elevaloop in front of said ledge.

protector attached to the jamb, showing the locking device.

A represents the outer wall of a house or building, B a door, and b the lock-jamb of said door, all of any usual construction.

. O is a bracket consisting of a wall-plate c, shelf 0, and'ledge cipreferably metallic and formed of a single casting. The plate a is provided with one or more holes 0 by which it may be secured to the outer surface of the jamb Z) or to the outer surface of the wall adjacent to the jamb, as by nails. or screws 0 The shelf 0 maybe used to support an empty jar; but its principal function is tocover the top of a jar secured in the protector in such a manner as to prevent the removal of the stopper, cap, or cover which may be used to seal saidjar in any usual manner, and thereby prevent removing or tampering with the contents of the jar. The horizontal ledge 0 which serves as the fixed jaw of the clamp of the protector, is therefore arranged at such a distance below said shelf that when the under side of the head (I of the sealed jar rests upon the top of said ledge the top of the head or the seal will touch or come in .close proximity to t the bottom of said shelf. The front of the ledge is concaved at c to fit the neck d of the jar and is-provided with a transverse groove 0 Figs. 6 and 8, which may serve to receive a name-plate secured on the neck of the bottle. The movable jaw of the clamp consists of a bowor J shaped loop F of stout wire, the arms ff of which are passed through holes 0 a in. the bracket 0, preferably near the ends of the ledge c, and have a limited slidingmovement through said holes to allow said loop to clasp the neck d of a jar D belowthe head (1 of said jar firmly against said ledge or to allowsaid head to be passed up freely into said The long arm f of the loop reaches through the wall or j amb and through a stop-plate H, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 6, and. 7, the free end portion of said long arm passing through ahollow boss 71., castor otherwise secured on said stop-plate, said stop-plate being fastened to the inner face of from said nut f a latch f which rests upon the boss h when the loop is open, as in Fig. 6, but falls down upon the armfbetweenthe outer end of said boss and said nut f when said loop is pushed in far enough to' clasp a jar, as shown in Fig. '7, and in the last position prevents the loop from being opened. This arrangement of nuts and latch permits the adjustment of the pivot to the proper position, taking into account the various thickness of walls and jambs. It is only necessary to make the arm flong enough and after adjustment of the nut and check-nut to proper position any undesirable projection of said arm beyond the check-nut may be cut off. The latch and nut prevent the short arm f from being drawn entirely out of the plate 0.

In practice the customer at night leaves the loop projecting to its full limit, the latch being raised up and resting upon the boss h and the empty jar resting upon the shelf 0'. The milkman places the neck of the full jar in the loop and presses the loop toward the ledge until the latch drops into engagement with the boss h.

I claim as my inventioh- 1. A jar-protector, consisting of a clamp" adapted to be permanently secured on the outer side of a Wall or jamb and to grasp the neck of a jar, and means of locking said clamp adapted to be arranged at the inner side of said wall or jamb.

2. A jar-protector, consisting of a clamp, adapted to be secured on the outer side of a wall or jamb and to grasp the neck of a jar and means of locking said clamp, adapted to be arranged at the inner side of said wall or jamb, and a shelf secured at a fixed distance above said clamp to cover a jar held in said clamp and to prevent the removal of the stopper of said jar.

3. The combination of a bracket provided with a fixed ledge and adapted to be secured to the outer side of a wall or jamb, a loop, forming with said ledge a clamp and passing through said bracket and having an arm adapted to'pass through said wall or jamb, and locking means, adapted to be arranged at the inner side of said wall or jamb and to lock said arm, to prevent the opening of said clamp.

4. The combination of a bracket provided with a fixed ledge and adapted to be secured to the outer side of a wall or jamb, a loop, forming with said ledge a clamp and passing through said bracket and having an arm adapted to pass through said wall or jamb, and locking means, adapted to be arranged at the inner side of said wall or jamb and to lock said arm, to preventthe opening of said clamp, said bracket being also provided with a shelf, arranged above said ledge, to cover a jar held in said clamp and to prevent the removal of the stopper of said jar.

5. The combination of the bracket having a ledge, a loop, passing through said bracket and having an arm adapted to pass through a wall or jamb and provided with a latch, adapted to engage a stationary projection from the inner face of said wall or jamb and to prevent the opening of said loop.

6. The combination of the bracket adapted to be secured to the outer face of a wall or and having an arm adapted to reach through said wall or jamb, a latch adjustably secured on said arm at the inside of said Wall or jamb and a stop, adapted to be supported by the inner face of said wall or jamb and to be engaged by said latch, to prevent said loop from being'drawn away from said bracket.

'7. The combination of the bracket, adapted to be secured to the outer face of a wall or jamb, a loop, passing through said bracket and having an arm adapted to reach through said Wall or jamb, and having an external screw-threaded free end portion, a nut, en-

gaging said screw-thread, a latch, pivoted to said nut, and a stop adapted to be supported by the inner face of said wall or jamb and to be engaged by said latch, to prevent the drawing of said 100p away from said bracket.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK S. TWOMBLY. Witnesses:

ALBERT M. MOORE, FRANK O. WASLEY. 

